Sir,

By order of the Committee for this Borough, I am directed to inform the Convention of the arrival of troops this day in this harbor in the sloop lately belonging to Mr. Bowdain. They are said to be from St Augustine, and are about sixty in number, under the command of one Captain and two Lieutenants: the Ensign, it is said, is coming by land. From good authority we learn, that another vessel with more troops may be hourly expected. At present we are under no apprehensions from them, but we find exceeding bad effects have arisen among the blacks from the neighbourhood of the men of war, which we have great reason to believe will be very much encreased by the arrival of these troops.

The Committee think it their duty to give the Honourable the Convention the earliest information of this occurrence, that such measures may be taken as shall be judged most expedient. I have the honor to be, sir, by order of the Committee [&c.]